trans·plant (tr?ns-pl?nt?)v. trans·plant·ed, trans·plant·ing, trans·plants v.tr.1. To uproot and replant (a growing plant).2. To transfer from one place or residence to another; resettle or relocate: residents were transplanted to the suburbs during the massive reconstruction project.3. Medicine To transfer (tissue, a body structure, or an organ) from one body to another body or from one part of a body to another part.v.intr. To be capable of being transplanted: plants that transplant well.n. (tr?ns?pl?nt?)1. a. The act or process of transplanting something.b. Medicine An operation in which an organ, body part, or other tissue is transplanted: a corneal transplant.2. Something that is transplanted, especially:a. A plant that has been uprooted and replanted in another place.b. Medicine An organ, body part, or other tissue that has been transplanted, as from one person to another.3. A person who has resettled in a different place.[Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin tr?nsplant?re : Latin tr?ns, trans- + Latin plant?re, to plant; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]trans·plant?a·ble adj.trans?plan·ta?tion n.trans·plant?er n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.transplantationThe surgical method of transfering or grafting tissues or organs from one part of a patient?s body to another or to another patient.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited